G-8: Putin's Frosty Relations With Obama Over Syria

Matthew Dalton discusses tense relations between President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-8 Summit over Syria. Photo: Getty Images

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... the the ... I've been very clear ... that ... we saw ... the use of ... chemical weapons taken place by the regime insiders ... that that would change my calculus ... and yes we've been assisting not only the political opposition but also the military opposition so there's a counterweight ... that can potentially lead to the put call negotiations ... with ... the evidence of chemical weapons what we've said is working to ramp up that is ... I was present ... Obama speaking on TV last night ... the US is support the Syrian rebels has led to frosty relations between Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin ... at the G-8 Summit in Northern Island ... highlighting use applications building on Syria's bloody civil Wall ... good morning welcome the New Saab on Michael Casey ... what a joke or methadone has been helping to spearhead of coverage is standing by now Brussels euro presses morning good morning to you ... my Michael ... Dementieva president Obama and cruisin but say they want to work together to achieve peace in Syria ... was any sign of progress on that front during the G eight meeting ... it doesn't look like it so there's still festering disagreements about ... whether to arm the rebels ... as you know the US the UN ... Mr Obama recently had decided to ... do is ok for providing small arms to rebels son and of course Mr prudent is a longtime ally of ... of asserting strongman Bush are outside ... and he has been arming the Search ... Size regime ... and obviously ... he's going to take a different position on this ends there didn't seem to hear it didn't seem to be any ... bridging the differences at the meeting ... on to the point where it looks like the planned ... peace conference peace negotiations were supposed to take place in Geneva next month ... maybe the way down until August ... the references I directed him is that ... I mean the rebels will just send ... weapons in the hands of its Islamic extremists ... aam was the race to the ol' amongst the other G eight members to battle the openness citing along with the stroke dominance ... there's a lot of sympathy for that argument I think there is a ... sympathy for that argument for Mr Obama himself probably ... but ... de France in the UK have been the main um ... the case of arming the rebels but there are ... a lot a number of European governments ... that are very skeptical about this in Germany and is one of them but also ... other members of the year which is representing the PGA discussions so ... a Scandinavian nations in Austria ... among others better and that really tablet that this um it's a good idea that it could ... just to ... create more chaos in the region and to ... potentially threaten ... allies such as Isreal ...